New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, July 21, 1912, Image 2

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=1er-rt!1!MISS SADIE PROBST,Sister-mjlaw of "Hriciffev" Wehbcr. the gambler, had a long conicrence withDoughcrty yeaterdaj in the Rosenthal caseajaajaajuntll the car was needed f<tr the escape. But It was a fast getaway afterthe Joh was done.Accordlng to the lnformatlon tn theposseaslon of the police the gun playmen are supposed to have left tho carat the "popular" corner, at 42d streetand Sixth avenue. near where Roseadmits he vacated it. and atrolledaround the neighborhood for a tuneuntll Rosenthal came out of the Metropole. alwaya keeping r.ear enough tothe hotel to close ln on him when heappeared.Say He Just Strolled Out.The gambler waa not called out ofthe Meiropole cafe by any one, accordmg to the police, but he and "Boob"iValker, who were sitting at tfca samotable atrolled out voluntarlry. Rosen?thal was due at his home at 2 o'clock,and naturally started to go there a fewmlnutes before that time. It was thenhe waa shot.Walker waa one of the Bret wltnesaesexamlned by the police, and furnlahedvaluable lnformatlon. It was aaid. Thepolice believe Rose and one or two"higher up" gamblers merely keptwithin calllng diatance of the place to*ee that "the gang" dld Its bloodywork.The police have found no one whnaaw Roae ln "Brldgle" Webber'a pokerJolnt on Slxth avenue, near 42d streer,where he sald he first went after leavIng the car, shortly before 2 o'clock."BrldgiaA called at Headquartera andJranklyByolunteered tho lnformatlonthat Roee waa not in hia place on Monday nlght. Roae had told the policeth?t he was at 42d stre?t and Broadway. near the Knlckerbocker Hotel,when he heard of the shooting. Hecouldn't remember who "told" hlmabout lt "Brldgle" la supposed tohave heard of the shooting at aboutthe satne time.Webber'a advent ln Centre atreetwlth hls aleter-ln-law and another glrlwho waa auppoaed to be hls wife created quite a commotlon. It appearedto be "ladiea' day" at Headquarters.wlth "Brldgle" as eacort No lesa thanthree young women happened in duringtho afternoon and were each closeteJfrom ten mlnutes to an hour and aquarter wlth Commissloner Dougherty,who dld everythlng ln his power to aaaiat them ln thelr own frantic efforts toconceal thelr ldentltlea.The flrst of the trlo was fouhd tobe Sadle Probst. slrter-ln-law of"Bridgey," who livea wlth him and hiswife ln thelr Seeond avenue apartment. near J2th street. It was MissProbst who told a reporter for TheTribune when the police were seekingher brother-ln-law that It waa uselcssto look for hlm wlth regard to a mur?der. for the reaeon that he wouldn'tharm a flea. He had a sweet, prettywife. she aald, and they llved togethervery happily ln their pretty home.East Bide Ariatocracy.The home, aa a matter of fact, iaabove the average of Eaat Side apartmenta and la pervaded with a distlnotair of reflnoment not only wlthln (hg"Webber fiat but alao In the marblohalls and well kept entrance. Sadle.when she appeared at headquartera.waa dresaed ln a style that approximated Fifth avenue rather than Second. She had on an expensive looklngMack ailk dreaa of the lateat cut unda largc black hat topped with a coatlyplume. When ahe departed lt was ina ntw tourlng car, or one, at least,whlih had recently rccelved a coat ofpalnt.Judging from Dougherty's manosuvics to get her into hia ofrlce and thelength of time whlch ahe apent withhim, Badie waa hia moet lmportant\isltor of the day. He met her atCentre and Broome atreeta about 2o'clock, after havlng paced the frontor the Headquartera bullding as lf 1mpatlent to see aome one with whom hehad an appolntment. When she arrivedhe led her qulckly up the amall stairway near the Broome atreet entrance,and aftfr depoaitlng her in hia offlceamarched oatantatloualy out of the frontdoor, rnly to come ln the back way afew mlnutes lr\t?-r.Mls? Probst was with* the Commissioner for an hotir end fifteen mlnutes.When she came downstairs ther* wasa I'.ue touring car with gray wheelsstanding in front of the bulldlng, inWhlch were se.ated a comely youngwoman in a gray automobile dusterand brown vell, and a chauffeur. MisaProbst appeared at the Broome atreetentrance and was immedlately aurrounded by reporters, to whose questlons she replled merely. "Please don'task me."At the same instant the woman in thegray duster instructed her chauffeurto run up to where Mlss Probst wasutanding. The engine refused to workfor the moment. however, and withoutmore ado the woman Jumped lnto theatreet and ran to her frlend's assistance.Fnend "a Perfect Lady.""Bridgie" Wabber arrived in themean time from the opposite corner,where he had been waltlns. and attempted to take command of the fcltuation. He inform^d the newspap.?rmen that he had just dropped down topay a frlendly call on the Commisaioner and that the woman ln black,whose name was not yet revealed. wasa friend."She's i perfect lady," he added.By thla time the machlne arrived,and "Brldgey" and Mlss ProbstJumped ln, shblding thelr faces fromthe cameraa of tho photugraphers. Tbewoman in gray, however, luddonly becamo very much exclted over the absence of some one, who, she sald. waastill at Headquarters, and returnedthither to look for the misslng pers^n.She requested the elevator man to tellthia lndividuaf that she was waitlngfor hlm below, and when she was informed that he had not come out ofthe Commlssloner's office, ahe pacedthe hall ln evldent perturbatlon.The number on the car, 47,702 N. T.,lndlcated that lt helonged to Mrs. PadleBernard, of No. 100 West ?Oth street.The flrst con.lecture when this lnfor?matlon became known waa that Mre.Pernard was some relation to "Dick"Bernard, who came home with R.;senthal about 4 o'clpck In the afternoonbefore he was shot. according to Mra.?RoserithaJ's statements, nnd urged thegambler to leave the clty lf he valuedhis Hfe. The woman denied that shewhb htya. Bernard, nnd this, coupledwith "Bridgie" Webber'a presence, ledto the suppositi >n that Bhe was"Brldgie'B" wife.But the man for whom she was waiting flnally put ln an appearance andadded etrength to the original conjecture by announclng that he waa"Mr. Bernard." He was trustfullytaiten to be no other than "Dlck" hlmself untll lnquiry at the address wherethe machine beloUKed brqught out thelnformatlon that the owner of th<> carwas Benjamin Rernard, a wholesalecanvas manufacturer, at No. 24 Universlty Place, who had been at hisofhee all the afternoon. The flrnt Intunatlm whlch he had that hia caruas out of the garage was when hotaw its number blazoned in large tyj eacross the front puge of un evenlngpaper.Joy Riding Myatery.Mr. Bernard sald at his home lastnight that he was hardly able to realizcthat hls car had been on such businessduring the atternooti. He had beenwarned several times before. he said.that it had been seen around town withstrange occupants, but he had hithertoImaglned that there had been somemlstake about it. I,ast night, however,when he went to look for his chnuffeur."Tom" Mnlone, he was nowhere to befound, and this left him wlth littledoubt that it was his car whlch hadappeared at Headquarters. He sald hewould apply for a wurrant for Maloneon Monday.Mrs. Bernard was prostraled laa?night at the thought of her machinebelng intxed up in ao notorlous a case.and she required the ald of her famllyphvalclan. Mr. Bernard sald Malonehad asked hlm several daya ago forpermission to take hls aged father andmother out for a rlde and he hadgranted lt. He wondered r.ow- hou'ever. whether the car *as not uaedfor some other sinister purpose on thatoccaslon.Whll* Sadle Probst was still wlthDougherty, InapectOT Hughes atrolledthrough the maln hall, where the newe,.apor men were atandmg. and mformed them gratultoualy that noth'ngwas likely to happen for the rest ofthe afternoon. throwlng in the suggehtlon that they mlght seek refreshmentoutside the bulldlng for a whlle. Heseemed to be aurprlaed when told thata myaterlous woman was closeted upstairs with the Commlaaioner. Wlthlnftvc mlnutes another woman made herappearance at the Broome atreet en?trance and waa huatled up tho backstalrs with a aurpriHng ahow of s*crecy.No clew to the identlty of this thirdwoman waa forthcomlng. but rumorhad it that the man wln came withher, wearlng hls arm ln a allng, waa"Lefty" Louls, one of "Big Jack"Zellg's Ueutenants.Dougherty, however, denled thla Theexplanation current around Headquartersregardlng this palr wae to the effect thata tlp had come in that "Lefty" Loulswas at a aaloon uptown; that a dotectlvehad been eent out to get hlm. and hudreturned with the lneapacitatad lndlvidualwho turned out not to be "Lefty" afterall. The woman waa aald to be merelyhls "pal" and to have no conncctlonwith the caae.The palr, nevertheleaa, remalned withthe Commtssioner for aome time. Whenthey reached the atreet and caught slghtof the battery of camerai facing themthey turned and dashed back Into thebulldlng. refuslng to answer qacstlone.Dougherty finally put them ln hls ownautomobile and aent them off to the subway to escape the crowd of small boyswho surrounded all the entrances, irrt.ued, apparently, wlth the Juvenlle h*peof "aeein' sometMn'."Bath Rubbert Examined.Kven before Dougherty and Hughtfreached thelr ofnV<?g ln the morning fourmen, aald to have been rubbers ln theLafayette batha. where 'Jack" Rowtold the police he spent the nightaiter leavlng the automobile used by themurdarara, put in an appearance, Tl ipoUcg offlclals seemed hlghlv J !eas?.:after examinli.g these men. but refuaed,as ln the Other caaes durlr.g t'.-.* day. toreveal who thelr visitors were or Whatthey nnd learned from them. It wns r?ported that the w;n were asked abuut"Harry Brown." aald to have been mentioned in Dura. <illbert's afflaav.', .r. aneffort to identify hlm a* "Jack" Roae,who la now In the Tombs ln <:oqneetU-nwith the hmrderLleutenant Becker had an explanation lto make yesterday about h!n new houee 'nThe Bronx. whlch had txen onsidered a !pretentioua dwelllng. Be.ker sa'd he hadI talk wlth t'onunisslcmer Waldo la?t r>b- |ruary, during whlch he infonned him of |a good bargain he had run a.-roM. ahojse and two lots whlch a laleonkeeperwho was down on hls luek was wllltr.g Ito part with at a kaerlfiee. Recker saldhe told Commlaaioner Waldo that theyroperty co?t hlm tfi.000. He aald he kn?wthere would be a Hcand.il about It. so hew-anted to tell the t'ommUatom rSome timt afterward, Becker MUd, helearned that two adjolnlng lotj, MMaatdat n,3I0 each, could be bougat for Ieach. so he borrowed $3,00; from . .'..brother and aeo,uired the additlonal landfor the "garage" on the pwpayty. Beck rpjl'.iI the "gatape" waa an old '.arn whlchhe had renovated"I have been on the torr* for r.in?-t?eMyears," said Becker, ' ;nd ny ?:f? ha?been a tchool teacicr fcr BCYenM R) ve*rsIn fact, she Is atlll teacblng. tVe havesaved up our moncj anJ bought t' laproperty up In Th? Bronx "Affidavit of Bribery Talk.It de\oloped jroeterflBjJ that LieutanantBecker had obtainad mora than on? aih- ;duvlt In ihe campaign he atat te.i to dte- 'credit Rosenthul, who mad? the ,lej,o- |altion against the "atrong ?rm" man iwhlch ia balUved to have hatttened hls 'death. fha/les B. Plltt, ?* ho acted as 'Be^ktr's agent in gettlng the aJBdavilfrom Dora (Illhert, Rosenthal'e dl?? <>r< ^dwile, made an affidavit on July 1? ln ,which he cn rged Rosenthal wlth atternpting to brlbe hlm to u?e hls Ir.fluence wlth the police to have the "strongnrmy aquad," of whlch Becker waa Isader, let up on botherlng the Koaenthalgambllng eBtabllshment, m West 46thstreet. Rosenthal auggeste 1 after Plltthad rtfussd to intarcede for him that hecould reach Becker hlmself. accordlug totho affidavitWllllam Well, of No. 150 Nassau street.Plitt'a lawyer. gave out the affldavtt. lnit, cn aceount of his o^rupat'.on as anewspaper tlpstcr, Plitt ..ays that haofton camo ln contact with BoaenthalCm Novemher 15, 1111, a? Bavanth ave?nue and 42d street, outside of the LandHotel. Boaenthal accosted him, he *.s<>n-.and asked hlm in the presenee of Wlll?lam vittroff to Intercede with the poili ?in his behalf. I>eponent sald he told KoHenthal he couldn't do lt, as he had noInnuence vith the police TherauponRoaanthal topi putt that he knrw he,Plltt. was well acq^alnted wlth BHMnbaraof the "strong arm" sqund. nnd lf hewanted to he could prevull Upon "th?8-jua<1" to let up on hlm.Hoaenthal sald lf Plltt would lnterr.i 'be would be pald for hls trouti'e and |would g?t aaough monay to last him tiierest of hls llfe. Rosenthal would Ruar- 'antee that Plltt would get 12,000 at leastfrom Roaanthal'a triendB. Than Roaen*thal called Plltt aslde, accordlng to tbeaffidavit, and ofiered hlm 1'. > and gakadhlm to take lt aa good faltli. When Pllttr^fuBed the off?r, he eaya that Rosenthalbe.came angry and exclted and told thodeponent that he would get ?-ven wlthhim. and that nnyway ho would get n.-xtto a Meutenant. When Plltt aaked Boaen?thal what lleutenant h* meant Boaenthalanawered:"You know well that I refer to Meutenunt Becker who I? conductlr.g rakhlagainst the gambllng houaes. Though heappeara to be atrict, I can and will raaehhim. If I can't reuch the lleutenant ln afrlendly way, and wlth money, I vlll flndmeans through tny frlends to break lurntogether wlth the whole of Waldo s"strong firm" sq-iad. You must not forjjeithat I have . brother who Is an lnt?rpr* ter ln the General Sesslons and hai; lnfluence, and frlends, who can br*ak Lleu?tenant Becker."Plltt was at Police Hendquarters vesterday, and was questioned by Inspect ?rHughfB. He uaid that he wua with"Jack" Rose on the night that Ro?enth:ilwaa shot, nt "Tom" Sharkey's place onEast 14th street. about 11 o'clock. He hadimt Rose at Dora Ollbert'a, where th.-y?> i-urr-i her affidavit for LleutenantBecker, and then came down to# llthatratiPlltt sald that hia brother Louls and aDo Not Delay?UseThis Coupon To-dayEach Section, 10 CenU at Tribune Office, 154 Naaaau St.or 1364 Broadway, or 263 Weat 125th St. (14 CenU by Mail)Addreas all mail ordera toTHE NEW-YORK TRIBUNEDep.rtme.rt W.. ? N??u St.. veW VortSpecify what section is wanted and send coupon with order.SECTIONS ONE TO TWELVE, INCLUSIVE, ARE NOW READY.stenographer. Loula Smith. were wlththem at Sharkey's. They had a drlnk ortwo toaether. Tha Idbby ear talled forRose. but Plltt didnt know wha? Roaiwanted the e?r for. They had como downln a red automobllt. and a tlre blewout. The four aeparatM and Plltt andhis brother wtnt uptown to thelr hotne.at No. UH Weat llatb atreet. and 8mlthwaat down to Brooklyn Brldge. Pllttsaid he dld not eee any one wlth Roj<ewhcn they had left him ln front ofSharkey's.Thrtt Burns Operativaa.WllUaM J- Burna, the detoctlve. wouldnot admit yeaterday that his ngenoy wasworklng on the Rosenthal murder caae,but from other aouroat it was practlealiyaacrrtolned that there are now* at Itaatthree Burns men at work.At hla Park Row cftlc- Mr. Burrn waaaKk<*<i whethar he wouM have anythtngto aay about the developmente of thecase.?You'll htve to .see Mr. Whltman."' heanawered. "It would not do to be talkIng about thle case la tny wuy until lt I*flnUhed.""Do you expect to fintah the case up ina ahort tlme, or will lt be a lonj job?"he was asked."I cantiu: glve \uu any ..nawer." saidMr. Burna. "And rem?inber. 1"m nct admittlng even that I hav. aaythlng to d"With the ea*e at all."it waa learntd, liowever, that thraamen, luppoted to bt optratlvci of theBurna agency, were naiiing thr. mennamed h> shapiro aa having been ocevhpanti ?{ iht murder c. .-. and anothermaa, not .1 detectlva of the reg:iiar po|?M fnrc?, wu | ihl to >'. ive tak--ii up hisrtaMoaot at the Metropolaaccordlag to the runior<> going therounds. Baraa was Idred by Diatrict Attorney Whltman, and ont of the prarkvions of hla tmptoymeat was that heehould mak** all reporta dlrnrtiy to thePraaacator, and mBke no publle *tatrmenta abo il the eaae at alL The atorywaa thnt Judgt Whttiiian f< lt that Inan neh m- itoaenthai waa kllltd btcauat 1.'had promlatd lo apptar u? a grand JuryWltatat, It waa up to the IMatrlct Attoiney"s ofilce 10 run down all murdcrera.and that beeaust.- ot th<- posttble pollceconneetlon trlth tbt ca*e he could bettaccompllah that objed by htring ?n ????ide agency,Tle- DUtrlct Attorney waa r.ot at hlaofhv.- ln tbt i rtmlnal Comtt Hulldlngfttttlday lt was (iHld he waa out oft>i?n intii Mondaj taraa Lery, eounaeifor Ubby and IhapllQ. the two chauffeumln the Tornbe, left the < Ity yextirday 11 jttraoon. Thart was a report that Petec- itivo liurns :r.?t the tWO lawjers later and jthat Iht th:r- men h;id improv.-d an op- ,port inltj to dlteutt waya aad mtana tn jIht Roaanthal case away from the Heat oftlie trouMe and excitemtntREGAIN SEIZED PROPERTYWaldo Says Gamblers UseWrits of Replevin.in bthalf of hu statttaiat, aftaa made.that the prevalesct of gamNtrti la thiscliy lay Ln the laxlty and Italtncy of tbtpotlct hnd htgher courte, Pollct Comm'a-]ei Waldo gavt out t.gurca ytatardayralatfra to the gambltng sltuation for ibelyoar tadtd July lt, IIU,Tbt tlgurea abou thai after gamlhouaes have been raided and the tittlngiiBonAteated tht proprletora <.f Btieh reaorta ean roeovtf all their property < nwrita of replevin. Bvea rmolvera andblackjacka and other dangerour weapousare returned to their owners. It II eald. iIn the laat year more than 170,00 WOfthof appatataa waa ragainad by the owners.lt II Mtated that WS m> n wrre arreated |ln gamhllng casea laat year. of which jBUmbtt aXl were dlttliatlgtd. 180 convlcted 'and 181 are awaltlng dttpotltloa. An |equal ntiinbi-r of theso convictiona aie jcrodlted to the mag1?trates" and the hljhrr ooarlaHarman Itonenthal wa? one of thoae ]who rtOOTtrtd property confl.%rateil tnralda on hla place. Mt abtalaai at i.-a.-^t jthree wrltl for faro and roultttt tabltt |und <Mps that had te.ii xelzed ln raldaon his dawatawa resorts. lomt of thisrtcorartd property wbk tvidtatly oatd lnernilpplng the place ln \W*t 4; th Mi et,kl Whfah he alleged lileutenant Itec'ierhad a Hlent partnrmhlp.Bomt >'( tht gamblerw' "toola" that havebeen raOOTtrtd by thelr owner* lnclude33 roultttt tald'H. 11 faro layouta. "0butihely of ohipt, * ITOO doom, 1 itetl door,5.<XO paohl of cardh and I Iroti gates.To Hhow ln what ooattmpt the gamblerh hold theae rald?. It Is polnted outthaf on> inetnber of the brotherhood r:ia Ieven gjont so far aa to euter lutt agMlti.itthe property clerk at Polle* Headquart isbtcauat a roultttt wheel atigad in Miplaco had been damaged by a rataaflaxe.Two eectlons of the'Penal I 'ode provldethat all IttCb i>roperty ttiatd In ruidwmatt tftbtr b? order?-d dtatroytd by thecouuidttttig maglKtrate or delivered tothe Diatrlct Attonuv of the county iuwhich tha rald ls made.GAMBLINO CASE POSTPONEDPriaonera Taken by Becker'a MenHeld for Further Examinatiou.One of the numerous gambllng raldi%fes of Lleutenant Hecker. who was In? hurge of the "atrotig arni" f<quad. cameup for cxamlnatlon In the Yorkvll'eCourt yeaterday, wheii t*rank Abrahall.proprletor of a ealoon at No. 54.", Thtrdavenue; Wllllam Sherldan. bartender Inth.- aaloon. and Harry Stilllngs, a cuatomtr, of N'o. 121 Kaat ttth street, wereBharSfd wlth belng common gamblers.They were arrested two weeka ago onwarrants followlng two vlhlts to AbrahaU't taloaa by a poltoe "stool plgeon,"Kathertng evldenoe on July 1, and agalnon July 5. When arralgned after thelrarreat an adjournment waa taken untllyeaterday.For lack of evldencc agalnat him, Stilllngs was discharged by Maaistrate Apoleton. The case against the other twowaa put over for further examinatlonuntll July 30.SERMON ON GAMBL1NG CASEDr. Wade, an Ex-Police Ohaplain, toDiscuss Conditions in City.The Poilce Department and preaent? or.dltions U New York Clty wlll be disrussed this morning In a sermon by theR?v, John A. Wade, pastor of the Protestant Fplscopal Church of flt. John theBvangallat, at Waverley Place und West11th street.Dr. Wade ls an ex-pollce chaplaln, andit is sald he wlll make varlous crltlcLsms.RUBBERNECKYACHT SINKSSeeing New' York's SkylineParty Gets Much for $1.A yawnlng ho'e was tom ln the etarboard bcw of the seelng New York yachtOeprey when ahe was rammed by a rallroad car float In the Kaat Rlver yest-rday afternoon, and hsr passengers had??. I horrtedty sent down a gangplankto the float. The Osprey steamed Blowlyto the Kast 8?th street pler, and thenaanh at h-r moorlnga.The Oaprey, whlch Is operated by theSormandle Company, left her pler at theend of West 23d street at the umial hour,on her second trlp of the day ftTOUndafaahattan Island. She was paaslng downtha Ka.^t RlTer off Wlth street, when twocar noate, wlth a tug betwean them, wereeoauhg up the rlver.Just how the ooUlatoa occurred is notclear. but the Osprey. whlch was proreedlng BlOWly, suddenly crashed Into oneof the floats.The llttle double-decked yacht backedawav. and the captidn of the tug, seetngthe big hole stove in the Oaprey's bows,lyalled to luptain < arneron. The gangi plank was run out to the float. and theBHgtri of the Osprey hurrled down lt.Captaln Cameron blew four sharp blaetsI on hls whlstle. and tugs from all overI the rlver scurried to the rescue. Some; of. them took the paasengers off the float :| and landed them at varloua plaees. Two ji othera stood by tha Osprey whlle sha iI llmped to the ahore. taking ln water allthe time. Last night only the tqp ofi her pliot house and her funnel were show' ir.g ahore tha water.-eGAYNOR TO VISIT TRISCO'Will Inspect Exposition Sitcs?See Bohemian Olub's "Jinks."Mayor Gaynar, accordlng to dlsputchesrecetvad iast night from san Pranclaca,'..? to be the guest of that clty and the!'.innma-Paeir1i Internatlonal Expositionr.exf month The report states that theMa>or wlll gpend ten day? In the Coast< ity Many entertalnmenta are sald toI ha\e been arrungt '. ln hls honor hf thetnunklpal authorlttea and the directora ofth? exposition. ?'?ne, It is said, will be artalt to Roheinlan Grove, where he wlllwltnesh the welrd orgies of the Bohemiant'lub ameng the glant ndwood trees.Tha Bohemian ?_.1ub of San Frunclacocoirei-ponds to tha Lamhi ln this clty, andthe yeuri> "Jl.iks" of tha HWP^ft tncludeop?n alr performanres la the shade ofthe fanious Bohemian Orove, outslde theclty llmltH, about which Bret Harte. fitev??nson, Klpllng and others have wrltten lnsong and atoryR hen Kobert Adomaon. the Mayor'saecratary, was asked Ust night whenMayor Oaynor Intended leavlng for SanKranciseo, he aald ha was not posltlve ofthe date. The Mayor, hc sald, hrd beenln correspondence for Beveral weeks wlththe San Frarxdsco munlclpul authorltleBIfl rejfard to the trlp. Mr. Ad.tmson saidhe had not heurd that Mayor Oaynor haddeflnttdy ae.^epted the Invltatlon. but hethooght It probable that he had.The Paaaaaa-Paetne Kxpo^ition wiubegtfl ln 1915. but alroady several slteahave b?-<-n nele.'ted, and the fOUOdntlOOwork for some of the falr buildlngs iaunder way.LEFT FORTUNE IN ALASKAFamily of Dead Troy MerchantLearns of His Weath.Troy, N. Y, July :<).- Wllson Foater.who arrived here to-day from Los Angeles, brought ?rood news to the family ofthe late K. Bmlttl Stralt. a promlnentTroy natrehant who went to AlaakN whenthe gold fevcr waa at Its htlght. Mr.Foster Informed the family, Mrs. GraceB, Stralt and her two daughtery, thatMr Stralt Itft, among other ascsts entirely unknown to hls family, aecurltles for5o0,000 abarea ln nn Alnskan mlnlng com?pany. whlch Mr. Foster state? tre fullywahl ln und noii-aast-*?nble.Mr. Stralt dled several yeara ago. leavmg no record Of hls sharea ln the com?pany wlth hls family. Mr. Foster washls partner ln the Klondlke.Another who win banaBt by the securltles ls Mrs. W. C. Blodgett, of Buffalo,a sister of Mrs. Stralt.SUIOIDE IN GONFESSIONALWoman in Meriden Church MixesPoison wlth Holy Wator.[By Telegraph to The Trlbune]Meriden, Conn., July 20,-Mlss Cora Dessureau. twenty-nlne yeara old, commltted?tukide In the confesaional of 8t. Joseph'sRornan Oatholle Church here thla after?noon by the tse of poison. Before takingthe drug the youg wohi. n had mlxed wlthlt water taken from the holy water foutIn the ehurch veetlbule.She had been dead some time whanfound. The medlcal examlner belleveaahe was suffering from rallglous manlaes it s.At State Department, but DoesNot Deliver Protest.DEBATE IN THE SENATELodge and Smith Oonsider thePanama Oanal Same aaInterior Waters.Washington, July 20.-A. M. IWMa, Br|t?Ish charge d'affalres. called at tht BtattI'epartment agaln to-day, but dld not de?liver the expecied formal protest of Kngland agtlnst the Panatnn Canal blll.It Is prohable Mr. Innes learned uuofhclally the aentlment of tlie State Depart?ment ln this matter. Its posltlon appear.to be unanlmoualy In support of the contention embodled in the pendlng bill, thatthe American government has an undoubted right to favor lls own ?hlpa,elther by relievlng thf from the payment of tolls or refutnling tolla oolltcttdwlthout vlolattng th<- Hay-Paincefotetreaty.It Is recognlzed, howe\er, that thi.s laa subjeet that might falrly L>e made adlplomatlc lasue. and as the departmenthaa declined to enter Into any such aegotlaJons so long as the subjeet ls nnderdlscusslon before Congrees. It If unllke!y that it wll' commlt ItHelf to any for?mal wtatement of Its PoeftlOB at this tinie.Senator Smith, of South Carollna,speaklng on the canal toll blll. to-dayeontended ln the Senate that the purchase by this government of the PanamaZone changed the relatlons of the UntttdStates with Oreat Writain and aupcraeded the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Ileexpressed the bellef that the T'nltedStates now had a rlght to use the watersof the Panama Canal ln any way ltpleased, tt though they were interiorwatera of the T.'nlted States. ?Whethtr the Unlted States shall submttto ar'ultratlon a queatlon which pertalnsonly to the internal domeetlc affalrs ofthe country, or whether, by*W strict interpretatlon bf the Hay-Pauncefotetreaty, a pre^edent shall bt establlshe.dthat Riay hereafter be eniharraesing, waideclared by Mr. Smith to be the reidquestlon before the Senaie.Senator Hmlth called attentlon to thefact that the T'nlted States had neveraubmltted to arhitratlon the claims ofColomMa for rtdrtat for the loas ofPanama. J"The fact that it hat not been arbi- jtrated does not relieve tbt t'nlted SUUafrom Its reapanslbillty." :>ald Ser.ator Lacon. "It Is ittll a burnlng question. andit is to our eternal dlsgrace that we.-hould have treated a weaker natlon af ,we have t'olombia."Senator Lodge declared that. while htbell-vcd the l.'nlted SUtea had the rigiitunder tht Hay?Pauaotfott treaty to gntconccatlona to American ihlps yet he tclieved lt would be Imposslble to secure anlnternatlonal court unblasaed enough torule ln favor of thtl country. The Inter>-at of all other natlons, he nald, wouldweigh agalnst the claims of the Unltedt-tates.The opinion that the canal strip wasAmerican territory, and that the canalwas therefore american water, adaanoadby Serator Smith. waa cotuurred in bvSenator I.odge. The latUr declaied thi-1when the rtay-Paurcefote treatv wasmade no one expected that tht I'nitedStates would acquire the Canal Zor.e. |The Panama blll w-ae not formally be-,fore the Senate, tha ?pee-h bolng ina tod-iring conslderatlor. of the snjidry civil l1111._HAD PRINCE AS GUESTSyrian Society EntertainsBrother of Khedive of Egypt.The T'nlted Syrian Soelety gavc a dlr.ner at the Waldorf-At-torla lust Right tohla royal hlghneat, Prlnce Ifahtoad AHPacba, of i;*>pt. the onlj brotbtr o' thtKhedive. Prtnce Mtbtmed, travelUng Incognlto as Ituittf Ik-y, has been in theT'nlted States an.! <'anada for aboutthree months, and talla on Tuesday forhome.Amld a profusion of red floweis. thestars and crescenta of tht Egyptian flagar.d the btars and ?tripes of our own. theband playing weird Kgyptlan melodies,the mambara af the soctety wlahtd godh;peed to the partlng guest.'Prlnce Mehemed," said ont of themambara of the soclety. "Is one of thotiiost progreaslve princes of the Kast andht has been a speclal frlend of th" Byr?lana. to whom the Kgyptlana are raclallyallled."The membera of the aoclety. of whichthere were about flfty prei-ent, showt-ua great lnterest ln thelr royal guest.Among the apeakers were N. M. Dlab,edltor of "The Mlrror of the West, ' aSyrian new^paper; Pr R Q, lladoud a?:dDr. Wllllam Catxeflls. both ex-presldentsof the aoclety. Accompanylng his ruyalhtghnwaa were Major Mehemed Khayrlband Major Muatapheb Bey, chaniuerl.unsof tho court at Calro.BOY SAVES MOTHERS LIFECourt Holds Him Justified bj KillingFather To Do So.Maxlanna, Kla.. J;;!y 10. Walttr Nleiiols waa shot ar.d kllled by hlH aun. EarlNUhols. at rvilwood. near here. yesterdr.y, after the father had attemptcd tokill hla wlfe, the boy's mother.Voung Nlchola gave hlmself up to theahorlff and was later reltattd when thecorontr*! jury raturaad * \erdict of justlttable homlclde.aSTRANDED PA8SENGERS HOME.The 150 womtn and chlldren. mtmbtnof the First and Second Dut?h ReformtdChurchea of Tarrytown, who rcmulned allnlKht on bonrd the stranded attamboatIsabel, got back to thelr homes earlyyesterday mornlng. Hundreda of anxlousfrlends and relatlves who had tematnedat the Tarrytown dock all night weremuch relleved when the Iaabel got off the?andbar shortly before daylight. Thoseon the boat had auffered conslderablyfrom the eold. all belng thlnly elad.Hudson Waters Must Be KeptClean Enough for Shad.SEWER SUIT STIPULATIQNAgreement Holds Bronx Valle?Commissionera Strictlyto Account.f'heer up. dlsheartcnod flshermcn, cn*you who d^al ln the denlzens of tlic brinydei'p, rrjolf..' The Saay tribe |* hr>\irfH 1thiis way again, and before niuny n3Hudson Rlver shad wlll regaln Its f.?ttti.-phonori d place at the he.ad of meiropollunmenus. The waters of the fair Hodaaawlll lose thelr hue of dlluted mud ;.n<jwill renect the beama >>( tbe undoadalBUn even to thelr loweft depthaTime was when the Inbabltanta of '.hlsgr?at clty caat thelr llnes into the t>* llu.-adwaters of the Hudson and brought updtiIcate bltH of tishy food to gracs thelrboarda, That was some time ag< jSdwellers of th<- deep have long slnee baagdriven from the nelghborinsr wnt*r? j,y.,tho refuse whlch man hus wantonljpoured into themWith ? flsh famlne, fltarlng them tn tht':face u littie body oi faltbful m*n wrg?car?-d for what the watera beaton uponmankind started out to forc- th- ir lr?jtboughtful nelghbora to refraln from poi.luting them unnecessarlly. That waa 9years ago. Slncn then the matter haa bttafought through tho L-glblature, throuijkthe loral courts, through the courta gappeal and even to the Supr^m.; Courtof the Unlted States. The declslon of tbeblgbeat tribunal favored the stand of tb?littie body of men, but by that time fh?papara in the caaa r?-ad "Tht; f'nimStates ot Amerlca against the P^ople otthe Stato of New York, et al."To put the matter plalnly. the fcdomlgovernment became so lnterest>-d ln *k?the water pollutloi* commlttec of the kavehantaf Assoelatton began that lt braajBsult to prevent The Bronx Valley ??w?rfrom polluthig the waters of the Hudeos, Iand tbe attpulatkm handed down rf-rentlyby the I'ourt provlded that tho \utn tof the Hudaon should be reetorea' ?a| 4malntalned ln such a degree of purlty arto support the Ufe of shad and otharmajor flsh.The full text of the stlpulatlon ?itmade publlc yesterday after the ta>nouncement by The Trlbune v >i<tenhyI morning that tho agreement betwaaaj tb)! goverfiment and the bronx Vallev 8?w?rFomrnlssioners hnd been ei^ned. It retJiIn part as follows:i 1. Ther* wlll be absenee ln the HudioaRlver of buspended parth'les wslblt t*tha naked e>c connng from the etflutotof aald Bairer.2. Th?r<" wlll be absenc of d^noslti ltthe waters of the Hudson River <-omlnffrom th*- eflluent of tuld aewer, whlvh tbtSecretary of VVar of the Unlted 8t?t?aexerclslng a reasonable dls^retio", rr.?yUnd otij<?etlonable..:. There will be absenee ln the wattftof the Hudfeoti Rlver and Its vl Ihlti gany odor due to the putrcfactloi >f ?ganic matter contatned ln the ? !flu?rtt ofaald aewer, whlch the Becretary f tv?:.exercudng a leasonable dlacretlon, maj1nd nbjectionable.4. There wlll be a praetlcal Bbseneeglthe aurface of the Hudaon Rlver, at th?dleperatoa area or elaewhen of an?grea.-c or color <l't?' t>j the d!v:harge ofsald sewag*The agreement provldes all I iat "ltany time subsequi-i't to Jai l | '. ?or to the date *li*n there thall be ftgtpersons contributmg aewaga to aald atwer?whlch ever date shall :.;?-? arr.v*-,the Becretary of War may . -.?.\*ic aboard of three men, whlch >.i'l m?Ulnqulry Into the pollution of (I HudHBRlver, atid take euch Itepa ? <> render the Brater adeguat.> for tht supportof the llf" of ^had anl other major .ish."Bdward Hat<-h, JrM ehaln i of tMeonndttee of the Merchant.-' Ki.iatloawhlch ?tbrtf-?i the tight potnU ? out ??>terday tliat this was a precedent 'r\ thatnatt-r of the federal ^o\ ? : . ..? exeagfajIng < ontrol over l rldcatloh of riv?rwaters, other than to - ' ? IMkept parlgabla it would have a grattinnuenv, he tltought, ? I ? omt ofthe sult now in the H i ourt ofthe I'nlted Stafs broug' t by th State ofNew York agalnat tb VaiiejrSewag- ComtmaalonaDIVORCE FOR MRS. HOLLOWAYWife of Well Known Horse OwnirGets Quaker City Decree.i [<? Tetegiaati ta Taa Trtbuna.]Phlladfclphia. July N. A dtvoroi **?granted yesterday, by Coaunoa fhnlCourt N'o. ;;, to ICra. KelUe D rloUeaagwife of Harry D. Hoiioway, who i? *\&*&known both here and In fcingU J ** BJowner, Judge and exhibitor of r.ne horaatDeaertfon ataa glven &? the groundi tothe decree. The teatlm'my ln th* *&*was taken before a maater a^d lm*roiinded No defence waa mada by Mr.Hoiioway.l.'ntll three \ears ago Mr and Mr*Hoiioway. who were marrted in w&. IMat iit. .viry, whera Mr. HeUowag ***his Btrlng of thoroughhred hackneyi aa*other prlze-winning horsea He wa? ?famillar tigure at all th. prlndpal agegjahowa in this country and aiso ma**several trips to Bngland t" exhlhit hUstrlng at the Internutt"n.il Bju>-t what waa at the bottom of ?h?maritui trouMea of the Holjowaya mnaver been diacloaed, but uurtng^ajjthree yeara there hav. JJJbattles orer the ownerahlp ^ i?r?wvaluable pteoea of real ? tat<wm- m ?~~?TROOP F GOES INTO CAM?Borough President Croniwcll ReYi??Regiment on Stateu Island.Troop F, M Beglment, N ''< N.went into camp at Cromwellj) F&rro.Dongan HnU, Stateu laUnd, :?? ??' **}ternoon. Fi rty ra?mb< ? tr*\turned out. Thev live In Brookl> .i aJiO*Staten Island. The troop 'V trV; T JkUt-'the armory ln Brooklyn to the Bai w-"farry. and eroas^l to Btaten ??'?n1ihf| t<? ,From the ferrv statlon H ,""?1' 5, it 'the Borough Mall at St. l.eo''- ^'^(Vlwas revlewvd by Borougl ? ? ?'?>tieorge Cromwel, and other. \:?*%rof weTcome waa delfrered bj Btaw "??ati-r Howard BaynaERIERAILROADAnnounces the opening <>' 'ts new tickct officc at1286 Broadway, corner 33rd Street, in the new McAlpinHotel?adjoining entrance to rfadsofJ River (McAdoo)Tubes, trains direct to Erie Station, Jerscy City, andconvenient to clevated and surface lines.Telcplione?17U0 (ireeley.Tickets, baggage checks, Pullmun rescrvations and int'ormation delivcred to your homc or otiicc by special messtnger?no extra charge.